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State Department Map Labels Every African Country Wrong at Conference

The State Department is having some trouble identifying states. At the annual International AIDS Conference in Rio de Janeiro ...

State Department Mislabels African Countries on Map at Global AIDS Conference

The map was altered immediately before the presentation, resulting in the mistake, according to a department spokesperson ...

US admits 'unfortunate error' after mislabelling countries on map of Africa

A State Department presentation at HIV conference put Ivory Coast in East Africa and made Nigeria landlocked.

State Dept. apologizes for mislabeling countries on Africa map

The map, part of a presentation Sunday at the AIDS 2026 summit in Rio de Janeiro, purports to show six African countries that ...
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African Union pushes map showing Africa’s true scale

The African Union is fighting to correct the misrepresentation of the African continent. By advocating for maps that reflect Africa’s true size, the AU aims to ensure a more accurate representation of ...

State Dept. apologizes for mislabelling countries on map of Africa slide at conference

Among some of the errors on the slide, coastal Nigeria is landlocked, Mozambique has been transported from southern Africa to the Horn of Africa, and Ivory Coast has shifted from West Africa across ...

State Department Map Mislabels African Countries at AIDS Conference

Nigeria, a coastal country in western Africa, was landlocked in the Sahara, among other errors. The department said it had ...